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The Isolation of Emotional Paralysis in "Dubliners", 2001.
A discussion of the theme of paralysis, both physical and emotional in James Joyces' novel "Dubliners".
1,252 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper reviews James Joyces' novel "Dubliners" and in particular how the paralysis represented is both physical and emotional and is often associated with isolation. It examines how the characters are very human, and how Joyce was not afraid to give his characters many flaws although they are not likeable and are often in a form of emotional state. It analyzes how Joyce felt paralysis was a sin of sorts, a type of wrongdoing of the spirit that caused people to stagnate and fail. It shows how it is hard to relate to many of his characters because of their sheer lack of desire for progression and how their isolation would be considered pitiable, if they were more sympathetic. It evaluates whether these people could find redemption if they lived just about anywhere else except Dublin. Instead they are destined to live out their lives there, isolated from themselves, each other and humanity.
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"One of the possible problems for redemption of the characters is that they seem rather disinterested in changing their lives, they are static and for the most part seem to prefer the status quo. The few characters that do seem to want to break the mold that Dublin has forced upon them are incapable of transformation. Little Chandler in ?Little Cloud? is the best example of this type. He claims to want to be like Gallaher, but rather than try, he assumes that he cannot escape his life since it too late for him, and besides, he has furniture to pay for (Joyce, 70)."
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Dublin in James Joyce's 'Dubliners': A City of Paralysis, 2000.
Examines the theme of paralysis in the book 'Dubliners'.
1,865 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 7 sources, £ 34.95
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This paper examines the theme of paralysis in "Dubliners", a collection of short stories by James Joyce. It begins with a description of the religious, economic, cultural, and political oppression in Dublin. It then specifically expands on several of the stories in the collection: ?The Sisters,? ?Araby,? ?Eveline,? ?Two Gallants,? and ?The Dead.? Finally, the paper examines Joyce?s writing style.
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"James Joyce constructed a collection of short stories intended to present the city of Dublin during the early twentieth century in a straightforward manner. The theme of paralysis permeates the work to show the city as well as the whole of Ireland as oppressed by religious, economic, cultural, and political circumstances. Every story in the collection, beginning with ?The Sisters? and continuing to the final revelation in ?The Dead,? is infused with this theme. Joyce himself admitted to the ?special odor of corruption which, I hope, floats over my stories? (Grey). He was aware that his tales would be raw, his pictures of Ireland unadorned by compassion. However much he identified with the characters he created, Joyce retained a candor that allowed him to keep ?a style of scrupulous meanness? (Brandabur 8) throughout."
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James Joyce's "Dubliners", 2007.
This paper is an extensive analysis of the narratives of paralysis and escape in James Joyce's collection of short stories "Dubliners".
6,500 words (approx. 26.0 pages), 21 sources, MLA, £ 87.95
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This paper explains that, while it is tempting to read James Joyce's "Dubliners" as a simple narrative description of 'a chapter of the moral history' of Ireland, with Dublin serving as 'the centre of paralysis', Joyce was actually concerned with suggesting a means of moving out of this paralysis. More specifically, the paper stresses that 'The Dead', the fifteenth and final story of "Dubliners", should be seen not as a mere description of paralysis but as a means of suggesting a way forward or out of this condition. The author relates that the word 'escape' appears in no less than four of the stories in this collection; therefore, this word itself can be seen to hold the key to how Joyce's "Dubliners" is to be read. The paper presents a chapter by chapter description and analysis of each short story.
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"At this early stage in Dubliners, however, these concepts are merely signified. The reader is, in other words, merely offered what Saussure would term 'signs' or words. In fact, that the significance of these key words is announced typographically, in italics, very quickly draws attention to the fact that it is words that we are dealing with here. Accordingly, when the reader is presented with these words, it is not the concepts underlying them that trouble the narrator of 'The Sisters,' but the words themselves and their fundamental sounds. The narrator has, he says, taken to saying the word 'paralysis' 'softly' to himself 'every night ... .
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Hypnagogic Hallucinations, 2007.
This paper explores night terrors, hypnagogic paralysis and hallucinations.
1,673 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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The paper examines a case study of an individual who sees evil spirits and experiences out-of-body experiences. The paper discusses how these occurences can be understood by objective, scientific rationale. The paper's thesis is that these phenomena are components of a new parasomnia variant, conscious hypnagogic intermittent paralysis with spirit-like visual hallucinations secondary to post traumatic stress disorder.
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Thesis
Objectives
Review of Literature and Analysis
Conclusion
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"The author's experience may at first seem unrelated to the fields of psychiatry or the neurosciences and may seem more appropriate as a case of the supernatural. A critical eye would scrutinize the case and, without more information, arrive at the same conclusion. However, science is an ever-changing body of organized knowledge that seeks out to explain rather than condemn seemingly unexplainable phenomena."
"The phenomena above have scientific counterparts as per description. Seeing evil spirits, out-of-body experiences, uncontrolled bodily actions and the unpleasant realization that these manifestations seem more powerful are very subjective experiences and need to be balanced by objective, scientific rationale in order to fully comprehend their full nature."
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Guillain-Barreacute Syndrome, 2005.
An overview of this medical syndrome which causes acute flaccid paralysis.
1,016 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 20.95
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This paper describes the pathophysiology, incidence, signs and symptoms and typical progression of Guillain-Barreacute syndrome (GBS), a temporary disorder known to affect the peripheral nervous system. The paper includes an illustration.
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Introduction
Pathophysiology
Incidence & Diagnosis
Signs, Symptoms, Treatment & Progression
Conclusion
References
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"There is currently no cure for the syndrome but with early detection, the condition is often reversible although it can at times be life threatening. Because an exact cause is not known, modern theory suggests that GBS is an autoimmune disorder that may occur from viral infections, surgery, trauma, or some reaction to immunization (s). However, because immune-mediated disorders such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome lead to peripheral neuropathies, it is logical to understand the pathophysiology of that process."
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Polio, 2007.
This paper examines how the combination of cultural and technological factors caused the near eradication world-wide of the ravaging disease polio, which is short for poliomyelitis and often referred to as infantile paralysis.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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This paper explains that polio has become an almost forgotten disease; and, yet, only fifty years ago, polio was perceived as one of the most feared and dehabilitating infectious diseases. The author points out that the technologies of polio vaccines and of production and distribution channels, as well as social organizations, such as the World Health Organization and Rotary International, have played major roles in the eradication of polio. The paper relates that, although it is estimated that by 2008 polio will officially become eradicated on a global scale, several barriers, such as access and communications, still exist especially in the two trouble areas of sub-continental India and Nigeria.
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"In the 1950s, the United States experienced a polio epidemic and millions of dollars were spent on researching and marketing a vaccine. Through several trial and errors stages, the most effective form of polio vaccination was produced by Jonas Salk of the University of Pittsburgh. The current oral vaccine used by the vast majority of the world was developed by Albert Sabin. This technology provided a simple method of producing the vaccine as well as prescribing it to children everywhere. The technology developed by Salk is the one used for mass inoculation in the modern era."
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Female Friendships in Literature, 2008.
This paper contrasts the importance of female friendships as described in J. Bauman's "Winter into Spring" and despaired of in "The Existential Paralysis of Women" by Simone de Beauvoir.
1,365 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper explains that, although male dominated society excludes and exploits women, as portrayed in Ibsen's "A Doll House", the importance of friendship between women can overcome their marginality and restore women to the center of a husbanding society. The author compares Bauman's work to Beauvoir's and points out that Beauvoir writes about the exploitation of women in Western bourgeois society; whereas, Bauman recounts the trials of women in the void of that society smashed to pieces by the Nazis. The paper relates that Beauvoir sees the "eternal feminine" nature of a woman as shaped by the male dominated, patriarchal social structure even if women join together to off set the "masculine universe". The author thenstates that, in contrast, in Bauman's existential account of WWII, the friendship of five women who do "band together" to establish a "counter-universe" and survive is not only important but also vital.
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"The women in Mrs. Pietrzyk's room joined their common longings for life and love to link themselves back into the woman's world of hope, mystery, the sway of her body moving through the ebbs and tides, and the attainment of woman's wisdom. They did this with nothing but their hearts in a time of death. The rejected martyrdom and the paralysis mold. De Beauvoir says the lot of woman's life is passive waiting, but in truth nothing is more powerful: "I've been thinking now about this glorious future that I dreamed up last night. Will it come true? Shall I ever live a free, useful, happy life with someone I love and who loves me? "
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Margaret Laurence's "The Loons", 2005.
A look at Margaret Luarence's use of symbolism in her short story, "The Loons".
897 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper explains how Margaret Luarence showcases the contrary themes of paralysis and freedom through the clever use of symbolism in her short story, "The Loons". More specifically, the paper demonstrates how paralysis is symbolized by the life circumstances of the character Piquette, which includes her family, her health and the shack she inhabits, while freedom is symbolized by the loons.
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"Piquette's family has been residing in the Wachakwa Valley, near the town Manawaka, for over fifty years. She lives in nothing more than a shack and her family works odd jobs in between the periods of relief payments. Sometimes the males in the family even get into trouble with the law by participating in bar fights. The locals from Manawaka consider her family to be "neither flesh, fowl, or good salt herring" (Laurence 985). Since they are not pure Cree, the "Cree of the Galloping Mountain reservation" (985) do not want them and due to their low socio-economic situation, the other communities from Manawaka do not accept them either."
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"The Glass Menagerie", 2005.
A short paper about the crippling of the characters in Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie".
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 19.95
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This paper discusses how Tennessee Williams' award-winning play, "The Glass Menagerie", is a classic study in how everyone is crippled in someway. It looks at how Amanda is crippled to the point of near paralysis by the disappearance of her husband, how Laura is crippled by fear of people and isolation and how Jim O'Connor, the gentlemen caller, is crippled by his own failures.
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"There is no real named disease that cripples Laura. What is mentioned fear of people and isolation, but never polio or another disease of that time period. Her crippling seems to be psychological, much like William's real life sister. Amanda treats her like a plaything, a doll, trying to dress her up and make her pretty and sociable for her gentlemen callers and school, neither of which she is mentally capable of having. She stays in this world of illusion with her glass pieces and her records because it is easier than dealing with the feelings of disappointment her mother obviously displays upon her. "
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"The Awakening", 2007.
An analysis of the theme of feminist imagery in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening".
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper examines how, brought up in the culturally rich atmosphere of 19th century Louisiana, Kate Chopin expressed her controversial views on feminism through her many novels, the most notable of which was "The Awakening". It looks at how the novel explores the confining role of women in the nineteenth century, depicting women protagonists who are independent and experience a passion that conflicts with the ideals of society. The paper also discusses how Chopin successfully illustrates her views of feminine paralysis through symbols of birds and injured freedom.
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"Bird imagery is also used in expressing how women were confined by society's ideal of the "mother-woman". Leonce Pontellier attributes his dissatisfaction of Edna's care of the children to the contrast between the mother-women at Grand Isle and his own wife. The mother-women are described as "fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm...threatened their precious brood" (Chopin). They "worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels" (Chopin). The women do not use their wings to soar above tradition and gain freedom, but to protect and nurture their children. "
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Challenges in Intelligence, 2008.
This paper looks at the greatest challenges facing the intelligence community in the US in the coming years.
1,442 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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In this article, the writer argues that several serious challenges must be overcome within the next few years if American interests are to be well-served by those entrusted with accumulating information on the country's enemies and with formulating strategies for overcoming those enemies. The challenges include unimaginative policy-makers, an unwieldy bureaucracy, imperfect human resources management, the need for international collaboration in a day and age when America is deeply unpopular around the world, the unfortunate trend towards the politicization of intelligence-gathering activities, and slovenly knowledge management. The writer notes that while arguably none of them is any more important than the others, all of them, if taken as a collective, can lead to a paralysis of the intelligence community that might prove, quite literally, deadly. The writer concludes that American intelligence has a host of challenges, from unimaginative policy-makers, to bureaucratic inertia, to combating America's unpopularity overseas, to poor knowledge management, that must all be overcome as quickly as possible.
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"Another major challenge will be coming up with a more stream-lined decision-making process for all branches of government - not simply the CIA or FBI or any other explicitly intelligence-gathering department. This commitment to efficiency, as most can imagine, is vitally important when it comes to things like protecting American nuclear arsenals from successful infiltration or attack. According to the General Accounting Office, the Department of Energy took nearly two years to develop a new Design Basis Threat capable of accurately assessing the possible size and capabilities of terrorist forces - in no small part because the DOE's review and comment process for developing policy is cumbersome, to say the least. Clearly, one of the great challenges facing America today is coming up with a means by which the bureaucracy can be made to work more efficiently so that all those associated - even peripherally - with the intelligence community are responsive and flexible in a day and age when responsiveness and flexibility are desperately needed. All in all, given as the country's nuclear arsenals are so enticing to sophisticated terrorist outfits with considerable human and financial resources, streamlining the decision-making and implementation process (particularly with regards to things like DBT development) is simply imperative."
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"Dubliners", 2008.
A critical analysis of James Joyce's "Dubliners", a collection of short stories published in 1914.
3,269 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper discusses how the the predominant strain of James Joyce's stories are told within Dublin's geographic sphere and how it is Dublin that remains the central universe of Joyce's writing, holding him hostage even in his subsequent freedom after he left Dublin. The paper looks at how the themes of escapism and the fallible monomyths as well as the ideas of stagnation and frustrated helplessness are described frequently in "Dubliners". The paper explains that there are fifteen short stories in all and then examines how each one offers emerging and blatant evidence of the paralysis of Dublin, with the background of each story remaining a pervading theme of being unable to escape.
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"Tone is an important aspect of Joyce's Dubliners, it drives the connection between each story, along with several other themes, such as an individual on some sort of journey which ultimately proves to be a failure, resulting in a return to the place they originated from - call it a negative boomerang effect; that's what it seems like to me. Is it perverse to enjoy reading the downfall of all these young hopefuls? I hope not, because I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The form of the stories are short (duh) and concise; I love the clarity of the language used. Joyce is so blatant in his cutting down of these people that I can't help but ponder the correlations between these characters and his own history. Perhaps he writes to exercise his own Dublin demons..."
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome, 2006.
A discussion of the diagnosis and management of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
1,274 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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The paper researches Guillain-Barre syndrome which presents as a motor paralysis which is symmetrical in nature and may or may not be accompanied by sensory and autonomic disturbances. The paper analyzes which pain management strategies are effective. The paper further examines how the diagnosis is made, and shows that the patient should likely have electro diagnostic examination and at least a lumbar puncture for spinal fluid analysis.
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"The typical clinical presentation includes proximal muscle weakness with paresthesia in the extremities. The legs are more often involved than the arms. Deep tendon reflexes often disappear within a few days of symptom onset. The typical course lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, with the majority seeing the most severe involvement in one week. The progression of the illness is usually reaches a plateau, which heralds the beginning of the end of the clinical phase. Time to return to normal functioning depends upon the patient, premorbid disease states and the degree of muscular involvement."
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Turkish Foreign Policy, 2005.
Assesses the tensions in Turkey's post-Cold War era foreign policy.
1,890 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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As Turkey has tried to find its place in the post-Cold War system, it has encountered problems stemming from its geopolitical position straddling both East and West. The paper shows that, in desiring both close ties to the West-particularly membership in the European Union and friendship with the USA, and Middle Eastern trade without involvement in Middle Eastern politics, it has frequently found itself at cross-purposes with regard to foreign policy. These competing goals of foreign policy have come to a head most notably in the Gulf War and the American invasion of Iraq. The paper shows that this situation is complicated by Turkish concerns over how foreign policy might affect the Kurdish population. The paper shows that the tensions between the competing goals of Turkish foreign policy-its eastern and western goals and its concern about how foreign policy might affect the Kurds--have caused some paralysis; Turkish foreign policy since the Cold War has been primarily reactive and in support of the status quo.
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Introduction
The Kurds
The Gulf
The United States
The Middle East
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"The biggest sources of competing goals in Turkish foreign policy are Turkey's concern over Kurdish nationalism and its position between East and West. Since the Cold War its concern over Kurds has been notably at odd with its alliance with the United States. Turkey's connection to the US has been winning out. The second source of tension, that of East and West, has intensified since the end of the Cold War. Since the 1950s, Turkey has tried to disengage from Middle Eastern politics and keeps its relationships in that region mainly economic, with the exception of Israel, with whom it has strategic and military ties."
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